From talk shows to magazines, the media loves Davis. Check out some of the places Davis has been in the news and broacast fiction:

2015 February 2 - The painting of swastikas on the Jewish fraternity house Alpha Epsilon Pi, on the heels of ASUCD's vote asking the UC regents to divest from businesses with connections to Israel, is reported in the New York Times, the Associated Press, and other national news outlets.

2014 November 9th - The animated television series American Dad wraps the episode "Big Stan on Campus" around a [November 18, 2011 UC Davis Police Response to Occupy UC Davis familiar series of events] when the titular character is furloughed and takes a job as a campus security officer. Plot summary.

2012 April 9 - Bob Dunning and his family appeared on the Anderson Cooper show, which earned them a second feature on KCRA for spending the month of February without spending any money (story here — can anyone find the Anderson Cooper video online?).

2012 April - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum made the utterly false assertion, "I was just reading something last night from the state of California. And that the California universities – I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught." As part of satirical response from Stephen Colbert, Colbert stated, "At UC Davis you get an 'F' if you're not gay." Rachel Maddow responded more directly, reading out of UC Davis's course catalog to debunk Santorum's claim.

2012 January 17 - Some of the characters of the TV show "Parenthood" visit the UC Davis campus (Season 3, Episode 14, "It Is What It Is"), although the actual visit does not appear to have been filmed on campus. Also notable is a mention of the restaurant El Coyote, perhaps a mashup of Dos Coyotes and El Mariachi.

2010, October 14 - After searching for cryptid "yowies" in Australia, the Destination Truth team sent some mysterious tree bark samples to the UC Davis animal genetics lab for review. Lead investigator Josh Gates then traveled to Davis to learn that four hair samples were found in the bark, but further results were inconclusive.

2010, July 15 - USA's Royal Pains "In Vino Veritas" episode features a student attending the wine making program at UC Davis.

2010, March 6 - NBC's Saturday Night Live sketch satirizing CNN's Situation Room includes a letter response to the recent campus protests from fictitious UC Davis student Mike D'Agostino: "I think the real problem on campus is the food. Why I got to eat turkey burgers every day? And why they don't serve dinner at 3 a.m. when I hungry. And where my Frisbee at?"

2008, November 25 - Season 1, Episode 8 of The Mentalist. The CBI team investigates a double homicide. They work with the Davis Police who are portrayed as a bunch of sexist pigs. The Davis PD also has a homicide unit. The Motel 6 on Chiles Road supposedly makes a cameo appearance as the "Davis Motor Inn."

2007 - Huell Howser hosts a tour of UC Davis and visits quite a few places. He gets really excited about the Arboretum, bicycles, and other stuff we all take for granted. It is definitely worth a watch.

2007 - Season 4 Episode 12 of Beauty and the Geek. First male beauty, actor Sam Horrigan, takes his geek partner to his hometown and shows her around. They visit The Graduate, the place where Sam's parents first met.

2005, August 24 - Davis makes The Drudge Report over the public meeting where protesters revolted, took over, and ran the meeting themselves. The meeting was regarding mosquito spraying to try to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus.

AP Article Quote, "About 30 minutes into the session, audience members revolted against the format, arguing that residents should be able to speak. Asmundson abruptly halted the session and directed the panel to leave the City Hall dais. Opponents of the spraying took over the meeting and quickly restored order. They elected as their leader a local woman who had caught the virus."